fwiw I've only extensively played the Quad mixes in this set rather than the Stereo but have found VI to have overall the best sound quality of all of them, with VIII possibly the least impressive sounding, so I would say maybe try the Quad of VI next and see if you enjoy the sound of it more than CTA & the Hits comp.?
This Chicago Blu-ray box set of Chicago's 70's albums is very enjoyable to listen to if you have an Oppo UDP-25 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc Player, a McIntosh multi channel A/V processor, a McIntosh MC205 200 watts/channel multi-channel power amplifier and two pairs of B&W 805 speakers and REL subwoofers. I'm dreaming again!
Actually you need two sets of B&W 805 speakers and ideally four REL subwoofers. Any Oppo from the 83 model on will do
Up next is one of the Blu-rays from the Quadio set. I have different gear but it's just as enjoyable !
I recently acquired this set and I am puzzled by the output. The 4.0 sound is being sent to my front (2), center, and left rear surround channel only. I have checked my receiver and Blu-ray player settings and I am puzzled. From reading past reviews, I assumed that only my front and rear channels would be active. Please advise.
Do you have any other four-channel discs? My hunch would be that you have a wiring problem such that what should be in your right rear channel is coming out of your center channel. The only thing that makes me think this couldn't possibly be the case is that it seems like you surely would have noticed before that what should logically be coming from the center channel was instead coming from your right rear speaker. But it seems even more unlikely that you got discs manufactured with this screw up when I haven't read anyone else indicate they have had this problem.
I have tried 2 different Blu-ray players, checked all speaker connections and listened to other Blu-rays, SACDs and DVD-Audio discs. Same problem exists with the Chicago discs. Can you recommend any 4-channel discs that I could try ?
By checking speaker connections, do you mean you either used a test disc or something built in your receiver or blu-ray player that allows you to play white noise isolated to each channel in succession to verify that the speaker wires are hooked up to the correct outputs?
Your troubleshooting method appears to be sound. This may seem obvious, but have you completely disconnected power to your receiver for 15 seconds to reset the logic? Once, after exiting an auto-calibration of my AVR, it got into a strange state like you are describing. Steering the channels got mis-directed, no matter what I switched around at the source. A power cycle reset it back to normal. The 1973 Quad Best of The Doors Blu-Ray from the The Singles box set is identical, 4.0 DTS-HD Master Audio 192. For >$13 you need this if you don't have it.
Bitstream. I just tried the Doors Singles 4.0 Blu-ray and it does the same, so I believe it must be a 4.0 channel decoding issue with my Denon receiver. I am using HDMI from both Blu-ray players to the Denon. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm pretty sure these discs have a silent center chan already. It's a set up issue with equipment most certainly.
How do you know this? It has been stated that SACD MC layer has to include a center channel or modern systems can't play them. It's a part of the standard.
Yes, I believe all 4.0 SACD are really just 5.1 with silent center & sub channels. Or 3.0’s like the Living Stereo’s are 5.1 with silent rears and sub.
Have you tried pulling the power to the receiver, waiting a short time and then plugging it back in again so that it reboots when you turn it back on, as suggested by ~dave~~wave~ above [post #2337]?
Is that right? I wonder why DVD-Audio Extractor sees quad BDs as 4 channels and 5.1 BDs as 6 channels when ripping?
